Hadj Habib Derbouz Draoua ( ar, حاج حبيب دربوز دراوة ; 1914 – ), commonly known as Habib Draoua and also called Hadj Draoua was a professional

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who played as a

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. He was also a manager.

Life and career

Habib Draoua was born in Mdina Jdida in the city of

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

in 1914. Very young, he joined

USM Oran Union Sportive Madinet d'Oran ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة وهران), known as USM Oran or simply USMO for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oran. The club was founded in 1926 and its colours are black and white. ...

which was then the greatest Algerian Muslim club, where he did all his youth classes. He played his first senior match at the age of 20 in 1934. In 1937 he joined

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, he remained in France until 1945 and the end of the Second World War. In 1945, he joined Tunisia as a coach-player at

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before being transferred to the CS Hammam Lif where he won two Tunisian Cups in 1951 and 1954. He stopped his football career in 1950, after winning two Tunisian championship titles in 1957 and in 1960 with the

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. In 1957, he participated for the creation of the Algerian National Liberation Army football team (ALN Football Team) which resulted a year later in the creation of the

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. He prepared tours, such as those of

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and

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. He was a national ma,ager of Tunisia national team from 1957 to 1960. He was thanked and honored in 1960 with a "Silver Medal" by the

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and the Ministry of Sports of Tunisia for the services rendered to Tunisian football. He returned to

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after independence in 1962, and coached the two greatest clubs of the city of

MC Oran ( ar, نادي مولودية وهران), known as , commonly referred to as MC Oran for short, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded on 1 January 1917 and formed again on 14 May 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouah ...

and ASM Oran during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Honours

Player

;USM Oran * Oran Championship: 1935 *

North African Championship The North African Championship was a football competition involving the territories of French Algeria, French protectorate of Morocco and French protectorate of Tunisia. It was played between the champions of the Tunisian, the Moroccan footb ...

: ''Runners-up:'' 1935 ;Le Havre AC *

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Coach

CS Hammam-Lif * Tunisian National Championship: 1951, 1954, 1955,

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: 1951, 1954, 1955 Tunisia *

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: ''Runners-up:

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Individual

*Silver Medal: by the FTF and the Ministry of Sports of Tunisia: 1960

References

External links

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- ''leballonrond.fr'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Draoua, Habib 1914 births 2008 deaths Algerian expatriate men's footballers Algerian emigrants to France Expatriate football managers in Tunisia French men's footballers Algerian men's footballers USM Oran players Le Havre AC players Espérance Sportive de Tunis players Stade Tunisien players Ligue 1 players Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Tunisia national football team managers Espérance Sportive de Tunis managers CS Hammam-Lif managers Stade Tunisien managers MC Oran managers ASM Oran managers Footballers from Oran Algerian football managers Algeria national football team managers Men's association football midfielders